Large Numbers of Aid-Seekers Storm U.N. Warehouse in Gaza
Scores of desperate Palestinians could be seen trying to enter the cavernous warehouse after more than two months of Israeli aid blockages put Gaza at high risk of famine.
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Former ambassador calls on UK to advise citizens against travel to Egypt
John Casson says Cairo ‘fobbing us off’ by refusing to release British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-FattahThe former British ambassador to Egypt, John Casson, has urged the UK to advise its citizens against travelling to Egypt, in response to Cairo’s …
Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks
Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.
U.N. Condemns Israeli-Backed Aid Distribution Program in Gaza
United Nations officials said that the new system, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, violated humanitarian principles by requiring many Palestinians to travel miles to obtain aid.
U.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.
World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says
Exclusive: André Corrêa do Lago says ‘answers have to come from the economy’ as climate policies trigger populist-fuelled backlashThe world is facing a new form of climate denial – not the dismissal of climate science, but a concerted attack on the ide…
Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza
Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution pointFour people have died as thousands of Palestinians burst into a United Nations warehouse in Gaza, tearing away sections of the building’s me…
Haiti Enlists Blackwater Founder and Trump Ally to Take on Criminal Gangs
The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a company notorious for a civilian massacre in Iraq.
Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find
Report says British-Egyptian writer held for expressing political views and should be released without delayThe Britsh-Egyptian human rights activist and writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah is being illegally detained by the Egyptian government, an independent U…
The Israeli Connections to a New Gaza Aid Plan Promoted as Independent
Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas.